The Finance Assoc Manager is a key member of the Customer Finance team and is responsible for supporting the Alt Channel (i.e., Walmart, Costco, & Dollarama) Retail Sales organization. In this role, you will be responsible for providing thought & financial leadership, ensuring that balanced growth and profitability strategies are planned and achieved.

What you can expect from us:

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits designed to fit your unique needs
• A dynamic and inclusive culture that promotes you to bring your whole-self to work
• Inspiring positive change for people and the planet with sustainability goals
• A supportive team that will encourage your professional growth and development

Total Compensation: $84,100 - $134,100

• Work with Sales Strategy on the annual plan process providing thought leadership on growth-driver based build, summarizing gaps to BU targets, and recommending creative solutions towards closing the gap.
• Responsible for identifying any fluctuations between the plan/forecast and actual sales trends. Communicate any concerns and develop solutions for driving sales or for modifying/adjusting activities to variations from the plan.
• Provide insight and analysis into drivers of change for key metrics: Vol, CDA, DNP, MC and Profitability versus prior year and plan by customer and product.
• Manage tight control and governance of Trade Spend programs with the customer team and ensure that ROI targets and funding principles are met.
• Ensure deduction balance and post audits are managed within the current targets. Actively dispute and help resolve all invalid deductions/post audits with the customer team.
• Utilize multiple building blocks (i.e. Brand & Revenue Management strategies) to develop LF DSD & DWD AOP customer targets.
• Provide insight and analytics that help the DOS/KAM’s on customer team develop robust CAPS that deliver against AOP metrics, and accurate QBP forecasts.
• Ensure customer team utilizes the Pricing Council process to review "pre" & "post" promotional event analysis and highlight areas of opportunity.
• Coach, support and develop team members. This includes a Deduction analyst residing in Hyderabad and all Canadian analysts on the Customer Finance team.
• Providing support for key business deliverables providing clear guidance to sales team- all focused on delivering profitable growth.
• Support the successful transition to SAP TPM, which will be PBNA’s trade management system of the future, as well as the entire suite of new reporting tools being rolled out as part of PEP’s PGT journey.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or similar required
• CMA or MBA preferred
• 5 – 8 years of financial analytical and planning experience within Sales Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Customer Finance, etc.
• Strong people management experience preferred
• Advanced Excel required
• Power BI, SAP AFO and IBM Cognos capabilities preferred
• Strong financial modeling skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and collaboration skills
• Experience implementing new systems and processes
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Confidence in navigating a fluid environment with competing deliverables
• Strong critical-thinking and root cause analysis skills

Careers to Smile About:

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

PepsiCo may use Artificial Intelligence as part of its hiring process. Specifically, we may use AI-based tools to screen, assess, or select applicants.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.